Sentences with phrase «body system slows»

You may become so relaxed that your entire mind - body system slows way, way down.

This is partly a survival instinct to avoid attracting predators, and their body systems slow down to preserve energy and heat.

Not exact matches

For all of you no breakfast people out there, you could be going ten to sixteen hours without adding any fuel to your system - enough time to put your body into starvation mode and slow down your metabolism.

Antioxidants are so beneficial for our bodies because they boost the immune system, protect against free radical damage and degenerative diseases, and help slow the ageing process — win!

But they can be slow poisons to the body's power immune system.

«In fact, I think it's pretty clear that the emotional system, because it is a body regulatory system, is going to stay at those same slow time constants.

The slow signal, carried to the brain by so - called C - tactile fibers, part of the peripheral nervous system, reminded the body to protect the injured site until it could heal.

Some researchers have argued that lower doses may be slower to kick the immune system into gear, which could cause the vaccine virus to linger in the body for longer and actually increase the risk of some side effects.

They believe it might not be the body being slow to mobilize its response, but rather the allergen taking a while to put itself in the immune system's way.

Eating stimulates activity in the parasympathetic nervous system, which tells your body to slow down and digest.

Venus also has the slowest spin of any body in the solar system, taking 243 of our days to rotate once.

It would likely slow the rate at which the virus took over and destroyed the body's immune system; and such control of viral replication would be immensely helpful if it could be achieved.

Dr. Richard Brown, an associate clinical professor of psychiatry at Columbia University and coauthor of The Healing Power of the Breath, says that deep, controlled breathing communicates to the body that everything is okay, which down regulates the stress response, slowing heart rate, diverting blood back to the brain and the digestive system and promoting feelings of calm.

(ISTOCKPHOTO) Work out smarter, not harder Robo - routines that get you a hard body in a few weeks may boost your physical confidence, but they actually slow down your immune system, says Len Horovitz, MD, a pulmonary specialist and flu expert at Lenox Hill Hospital in New York City.

The reason for this is very simple: when you don't eat enough to support the healthy functioning of every system in the organism for longer periods, your body slows down some of them in an effort to spare energy for more vital functions, and the reproductive system is the first one to get shut.

Since vibration therapy stimulates so many of the body's systems, it's best to start slow.

The physical deterioration and loss of energy attributed to aging can be slowed down dramatically by replenishing the body with these vital nucleic factors and thus restore balance to blood, immunity, vital organs, the digestive system.

While hypnotic medications work to slow down the central nervous system, Rozerem instead mimics melatonin, a chemical that helps regulate the body's natural sleep - wake cycle.

A slow transit time, where food takes too long to move through your digestive system and so then allows unwanted estrogen to be reabsorbed back into your body.

When your body is in a relaxed state, our parasympathetic nervous system slows the heart rate and increases intestinal activity.

Cooling the body stimulates the parasympathetic system, which slows heart rate.

When that happens, the body enters into what we call a wired and tired state where centrally at the nervous system, it is excitatory, however, the peripheral nervous system is being slowed down; For example, the person can not sleep because they are wired, but at the same time, they are tired throughout the day's activities.

He showed that high - intensity intermittent training actually improves both anaerobic (intensity and muscle building) and aerobic (slower, oxygen consuming) body systems, while aerobic exercise only improves aerobic systems.

Our gut and digestion is linked to our nervous system, and when we're stressed, our digestion slows down and in some cases stops completely so that our body can focus itself on the stressful situation.

No need to beat yourself up and cause your body to hang onto negativity — that will just add to your body's stress load and actually slow down the process of getting rid of what's in your system.

From understanding how growing older impacts various bodily systems to the biological differences in the way aging effects men and women; the latest science on telomeres and slowing the rate of cognitive decline to how meditation heals us and why love, friendship, and laughter matter for health, The Longevity Book offers an all - encompassing, holistic look at how the female body ages — and what we can all do to age better.

In this state, your body reduces stress hormones, slows your heart rate, decreases blood pressure, allows your digestive, healing, and immune systems to function optimally, and quiets a racing mind.

This explains our well developed systems for food storage (glycogen in the liver, and body fat), and also our highly conserved nutrient sensors to slow cellular growth during a period of low nutrient availability.

The body DOES have several systems in place that can slow metabolism somewhat - studies done on moderately hypocaloric individuals on extended diets show a moderate decrease in thyroid hormone production, changes in leptin / ghrelin levels (two hormonal mediators of food intake and metabolism), and slight changes in androgen / estrogen levels.

When the «fight - or - flight» system gets activated, it keeps only the essential parts of your body running, like muscles tensing up, heart rate increasing, breathing getting faster and the slows down of your digestive system (you don't need to eat if you're running away), immune system and your reproductive organs.

Over time, this effectively slows down the complex systems that feed the body.

You experience slow movements to warm the body and release muscular tension, breathing techniques to calm the nervous system, and simple postures to build stability.

You experience gentle Sun Salutations, slow movements to warm the body and release muscular tension, breathing techniques to calm the nervous system, and simple postures to build stability.

When the body is overloaded with toxic chemical, physical and mental / emotional stressors it suppresses the immune system and these abnormal cells develop unregulated and form into either slow or fast growing tumors.

As a woman ages, her body systems and organs start to slow down.

When the body experiences stress, in addition to decreased * estrogen levels, the body begins to slow down, which affects the body's immune system, throwing it out of balance.

Day 6 is pure lower body speed work (the drills did not appreciably fatigue your nervous system), and day 7 is your PURE aerobic, long slow run of the week (This is where you increase your mileage the most as you progress).

Tai Chi is a Chinese system of slow meditative physical exercises designed for relaxing the body as well as balance and health in general.

Finally, the body slows down the immune and digestive systems so it can preserve energy.

Your digestive system is responsible for eliminating waste and toxins from the body, when this does not happen properly it seriously impacts your overall wellbeing, you may notice slow weight gain, low energy level, headaches, vitamin deficiencies and other such symptoms.

When we interviewed numerous nutrition and alternative health experts on this issue, many of these experts would follow the first school of thought as they believe that fruits contain fiber that will slow down sugar entering our body system.

Our body knows that chronic inflammation is damaging, so it compensates by slowing down the immune system in order to keep the inflammation in check.

By incorporating asanas (postures) that stimulate the central nervous system (CNS) you will not only improve sleep and immunity, you will also feel peace of mind and tranquility because they'll help your body to relax and your mind to slow down.

1) becoming slower / loss of performance can be related to LCHF diet changes — The body needs to build its fat - exploiting system and might need some time, during which it might opt for protein breakdown instead of fat.

Your hormones impact virtually every major system and organ in your body, and if that flow slows down to a trickle, well, you know the outcome.

When your thyroid hormone levels are too low, your body's cells can not get enough thyroid hormone, slowing down your body's systems.

Triggers that affect the immune system's response to certain substances may cause the body to react slower than normal, or over-react where the body attacks and damages its own tissues (autoimmune disease).

Both soothing and regenerating, restorative / meditative poses free the body and mind of unnecessary tension, reduce stress, and create a balanced healing environment by increasing circulation to the organs, slowing & deepening the breath and calming the central nervous system.

When your body is in stress mode, the immune system slows down and the stress hormone cortisol — which can contribute to weight gain — is released.

You not only become progressively more tired, your immune system slows right down, sex drive diminishes or goes out the window, changes occur to the way your body metabolises fats, carbohydrates and proteins.